Clachan Project

Glenaan

Knockban Clachan in the Townland of Tirkilly

This clachan is number 31 on the location map. Click on the pictures below to see larger versions.

The photograph above left shows a view from the clachan looking over the valley below towards Tiveragh Hill, Red Bay and Garron Point. The photograph above right shows an aerial view of the clachan. This clachan which is situated in the townland of Tirkilly is 500 feet above sea level. Today the clachan is deserted and the houses and outbuildings are in ruins. It is still possible to recognise at least seven houses most of which had an attached office or outbuilding. In the past the clachan was occupied by families of McLoughlins and McCambridges.

The photographs below show the wallsteads and deserted buildings which make up the clachan area today.


No. 1 in 2005	No. 1 in 2002	No. 2

No. 3	No. 4	No. 5

No. 6		No. 7

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The photograph numbers correspond to the numbers in the accompanying sketch map which shows where the buildings are located within the clachan today.

Use the links on the right-hand side of the page to find out more about the clachan and the townland in which it is situated.

If you find the Griffith's Valuation difficult to understand then you should read this. Unfortunately, the Griffith's maps are not always easy to read.

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